Hilaria Baldwin is at it again... For years, the 41-year-old yoga instructor made it seem as though she came from Spain, donning an accent and forgetting certain words on television. However, she was exposed in 2020 for faking it all! Hilaria was actually born Hillary Hayward-Thomas in Boston! She was raised in the Massachusetts city all her life and only traveled to Spain occasionally as a child to visit family. So, she came from an American background. Hilaria later said she changed her name because she identifies more with "Hilaria because that's what my family calls me.